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“We’re not going away”: Ohioans fight voter suppression bills (with video)

March 7, 2014 By Bruce Bostick

"Voter suppression is an attempt to deny people's influence, and it is sinful. I appeal to all those legislators who have a conscience to immediately repeal these acts."

$Is Los Angeles poised to ban fracking?$

Is Los Angeles poised to ban fracking?

March 7, 2014 By Blake Skylar

It would halt all forms of "extreme well stimulation," including fracking, and require an independent multi-agency study be conducted exploring the economic, environmental, and health impacts of such drilling operations.

“Fed up” day laborers launch anti-deportation drive

March 7, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg

When Pilar comes home from work at night, often after toiling for 10-12 hours at the family's tortilla bakery and store, her elder daughter frequently has a question for her."Why isn't my Daddy home?"

Housing group files federal civil rights complaint vs. Deutsche Bank

March 7, 2014 By Chelsea Wier

Groups said Deutsche Bank is blighting communities of color by ignoring their responsibilities as trustees to maintain their properties.

Coffee Brigade will harvest peace, justice and coffee in Colombia

March 7, 2014 By James Patrick Jordan

Alliance for Global Justice, at the invitation of the Astracatol agricultural workers union of Tolima, Colombia, is organizing a Just Peace Coffee Brigade to help farming families bring in their coffee harvests.